Anglican delegates at the General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui gathered for the meeting's Opening Eucharist on Sunday morning, as more than 400 worshippers turned out to the Tonga College Indoor Stadium to join in the liturgical hospitality of the Diocese of Polynesia and its Tonga Episcopal Unit.
The Diocese of Polynesia warmly welcomed General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui delegates to Nuku'alofa on Saturday 15 August, supported by the Tonga Episcopal Unit's four parishes, it's youth movement and St Andrew's High School in a festival of Tongan culture, food and faith.
Delegates of the seven New Zealand Anglican Dioceses gathered in Auckland for the Tikanga Pākehā Conference on Friday 14 August to build new ways of supporting mission and ministry across Tikanga Pākehā and the three tikanga Church.
The Diocese of Polynesia will host the General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui in Nuku’alofa, Tonga this 15-21 August as it meets for the two-yearly governing meeting of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
St Paul's Cathedral Dunedin stepped up to welcome last Friday's 'School Strike for Climate' after Anglican students on the organising team saw storm clouds on the horizon.
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Christchurch-based Anglican liturgical scholar the Reverend Bosco Peters has released free digital copies of his 'Book of Prayers in Common' which offers trinitarian collects for a full liturgical year.
The Reverend Wendy Scott reports on the Anglican Consultative Council meeting (ACC-19), Belfast, in Northern Ireland this July.
Fifteen professional workshops and talks made for a high-quality youth ministry training intensive at The Abbey again this year, with around 150 people joining the programme on site at Living Springs Christian Camp in Governor's Bay, near Christchurch.
Anglican Missions has established a new project in memory of the late Benji Hartfield that will help disabled children in Western Uganda express themselves through visual arts. The new Creative Arts Programme honours the life and creativity of Benji Hartfield, who died unexpectedly in January this year aged 26.
